Slotted carton.



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V ITNESSES:

IVI. M. COHN. sLoTED CARTON.

APPLlCATlON ELLED DEC. 9., 1914i.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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NI. M. COHN.

SLOTTED CARTON.

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sLoTTEn CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.. 3, 1915'.

Applicationvled December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,286.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MA'x M. COHN, a citizen of the United States, residing atl Piedmont, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Slotted Cartons, ofv

which the following is a specification.'

This invention relates to a containerA and dispensing device for paper towels andr other articles.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, practical carton for hold.

ing and dispensing sheet material, like paper' towels, which will have the desired reinforces at otherwise weak points, and which carton, whenV emptied, may be thrown away; the filled container being sold in thel first case as an original package..l

rlfhe invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective front view of a filled carton. Fig. 2 is a perspective rear view of same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective front view of one corner of a finished carton. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a carton blank. Fig. 5 .is a detail perspective rear view ofone corner of a finished carton.

The invention resides in the cutting and folding of a sheet of cardboard or the like to form a carton A adapted to contain a stack of paper towels, or the like, so arranged within the container that there will always be projected an end or edge 2 of a towel through the withdrawal slot 3; the withdrawing of one towel through the slot automatically positioning the leading end of a succeeding towel.

The present invention has nothing to do with the arrangement of the towels, except that the towels are stacked so that they stand on edge in the container with the.

leading end always adjacent to the slot 3; one of the purposes being to provide a narrow, shallow package; in other words, a package containing the maximum number of towels in a minimum space.

rlhe carton is formed from a single piece of cardboard, scored and cut to provide a back panel 5 `provided with integral end panels 6, a top panel 7, and a bottom panelk 8. The bottom panel 8 s contained in a succession of panels 9, 10 and 1l of ap proximately the same length and width as the bottom panel 8, so that when overfolded and shaped into the carton they will provide a reinforced, three-ply front wall withV smooth edges below the withdrawal slot 3. Attached at right angles'to the ends of'one of the `intermediate panels, as 9, are the filler pieces 12 which are substantially the same width as the .end panels 6 and of a length approximately equal to the width of` the three panels 9, 10 and 11. `The end panels 6 have extension flaps 15, which flaps are provided, at their lower ends, with the -panel extensions 16 and 17; the length of a panel 16 being approximately equal to the width of the intermediate panel 9 and the.

panel 17l of indelinite length as it is only designed to `form a filler and reinforce to the bottom, as later described. v

The endpanels 6 have end flaps 18 de,- signed as interlocking members. Top anel 7 has a front panel extension 20 with lnterlocklng end aps 21 and 22; the flaps 22 cooperating with incisions 23 made inthe back and near the ends of the back panel 5. The panel section 20 forms a front of the completed carton above the yslot 3. The carton is assembled in theafellowing manner: Panels 11, 10 and 9 are folded, one on the other, to forma three-ply arrangement and then made to stand at right angles to the bottom panel; the panel 8 thenbeing turned up from the back 5 to stand at right angles thereto. At the same time the end pieces 12 are turned in at right angles to the panels 11', 10, 9 and to panel 8, lying inside of the end panels 6. 'End panels 6 are then folded up against the pieces 12 and the tabs 18 are inserted into the little pockets formed betweenthe lower edges of the end pieces 12 and the bottom 8.I Next the Haps 15, at tached to the end panels 6, are folded inwardly over the spacer pieces 12 and the parts 16 and 17 bent back to permit their being received into the trough-like spaces formed by the parts 5, 8 and 9. The carton is then filled with paper towels. Next the top 7 is folded up against the three-ply end walls formed by the contiguously lying parts 6, 12 and 15 and the front panel 20 brought down over the front of the carton to form the slot 3 in conjunction with the overfolded members 11, 10 and 9. Sections 2l are then folded backwardly across the ends of the carton and the tabs 22 are in gig Serted into the slits 23. The completed package is thus ready for distribution to the trade. d

If it is desired to provide a temporary hanger for the package at the top of the carton, lalong thejscoring 25, Where the top panel 7 joins theback 5there maybe made a couple of slits 26 to receive the hanger ends 27 of a suitable cardboard'hanger 28.

By this method of construction and reinforcement a substantial and durable carton, suitable for the purposes contemplated, may be made of cheap material and at very small expense. It is around the slot 3 that the heaviest strain and Wear comes on this device and itl is for that reason that the method of overfolding described is resorted to. Itis to .be noted that the bottom edge and end edges of the Withdrawal `slot 3 are not only made up of a number of plies of material, but the overfolding gives smooth round edges not liablejto be torn or mutilated in handling., l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and `desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A carton for paper towels and the Alike made from a single V`strip of cardboard folded to form a container with a Withdrawal slot disposedin a Wall thereof, the said slot being permanently vdefined by the folded ends of the strip of the cardboard when said ends are secured in position.

2. A- carton of `the character described comprising` a container bodyhaving a front sectional wall, the bottom section of which being normally fixed and the top section being flexibly joined to the top of the container for opening to permit of the insertion of. articles into the container and spaced from the bottom section to provide a withdrawal slot through which the articles may be removed.

3. A slotted carton made 'from a blank, which blank consists of a back panel, and top, bottom and end panels flexibly connected to the back panel, said bottom and end panels each provided with overfolded `reinforcing panel members, the top panel carrying a front panel portion coperating with a panel portion attached t'o the bottom panel portion to provide a slot when the parts are assembled.`

y 4. A blank for a slotted carton, consisting of a back panel portion with flexibly connected top, bottom and end panels, the bottom panel providedwith three successive panel members Iadapted to be overfolded, one upon the other, one set of overfolding panels containing a spacer panel to coact with the end panels and reinforce the latter, the end panels having each an interlocking tab coperating with the bottom panel and overfolding spacer members, said top panel having a front panel section with flexible end pieces to interlock'with the back panel and formthe carton, substantially as described. Y

5. A structure of the character described comprising a body having spaced slits and a retaining tab oset therebetween, and a hanger made from a single-strip of cardboard With spaced hanger members projecting out through the slits of the body, the

retaining tab of the latter'engaging over the hanger to retain the hanger members projected.-

6. A blank for a slotted carton including a back panel portion with flexibly connected xtop, bottom and end panels, the bottom panel provided with a plurality of successive panel members adapted to be overfolded one upon thel other, one overfolding panel containing spacer panels to coact with the end panels and reinforce the latter.

7. A blank for a slotted carton including a backpanel portion with flexibly connected top, bottom and end panels, the bottom panel provided with la pluralityof successive panel members adapted to be overfolded one upon the other, the end panels each having an interlocking tab coperating with the bottom panel and' overfolding spacer members.`

8. A blank for a slotted carton including a back panel portion With flexibly connected top,bottom and end panels, the bottom panel provided with a plurality of successive panel members adapted to be overfolded one upon the other, said panel members being folded in angular relation with the bottom panel to form a bottom front panel-section, and the top panel having a top front panel section .panel with flexibly joined bottom and end panels, the bottom panel provided with a flexibly connected front panel section having an angularly disposed spacer panel to coact with and reinforce the end panel, the

latter'carryingan interlocking tab coperating with the bottom panel and a spacer member folding over the spacer panel, substantially as described.

11. A carton blank comprising a back panel With flexibly joined top, end and bottom panels, each end panel having an interlocking tab and reinforcing member coperating with the bottom panel, and the top panel having a front panel section foldable down over the front and provided on its ends With locking tabs adapted to be folded backwardly across the end panels to interlock With the back panel.

12. A carton blank comprising a back panel portion provided With top, bottom and end panels adapted to be folded in angular relation to the back to form a container, spacer panels for holding the bottom panel in position and reinforcing the end panels, the latter each having an interlocking tab coperating With the bottom panel and a spacer member oldable over the adjacent spacer panel to retain the latter in position,

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and the top panel having joined to its for- Ward edge a front panel section provided on 15 my hand in the presence of two subscribing 20 Witnesses. v

MAX M. CUHN.

Witnesses:

J. W. LEVY, W. H. REINHART. 

